Natural selection on the olfactory receptor gene family in humans and chimpanzees

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 489-501

  Gilad, Yoav ^a,b   Bustamante, Carlo D ^c   Lancet, Doron ^b   Pääbo, Svante ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPACER DNA;

APE; ARTICLE; CHIMPANZEE; EVOLUTION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAMMAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR GENE; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOGENE; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; MAMMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS;

EID: 0041886501     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378132     Document Type: Article

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